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Descriptor English: Flax
Descriptor Spanish: Lino
Descriptor lino
Entry term(s) Linum
Linum usitatissimum
linaza
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia LINACEAE, cultivada por sus fibras (manufacturadas como tejidos de hilo). Contiene un inhibidor de la tripsina y de sus semillas se extrae el ACEITE DE LINAZA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Linho
Descriptor French: Lin
Entry term(s): Flaxs
Flaxseed
Flaxseeds
Linseed
Linseeds
Linum
Linum usitatissimum
Linum usitatissimums
Linums
usitatissimums, Linum
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.859.797.620.500
HP4.018.602.600.543
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019597
Scope note: A plant genus of the family LINACEAE that is cultivated for its fiber (manufactured into linen cloth). It contains a trypsin inhibitor and the seed is the source of LINSEED OIL.
Annotation: despite entry term FLAXSEED, coord IM with SEEDS (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TO toxicity
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 98
History Note: 98
DeCS ID: 33307
Unique ID: D019597
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Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1997/06/20
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Flax - Preferred
Concept UI M0029097
Scope note A plant genus of the family LINACEAE that is cultivated for its fiber (manufactured into linen cloth). It contains a trypsin inhibitor and the seed is the source of LINSEED OIL.
Preferred term Flax
Entry term(s) Flaxs
Flaxseed
Flaxseeds
Linseed
Linseeds
Linum
Linums
Linum usitatissimum - Narrower
Concept UI M0398347
Preferred term Linum usitatissimum
Entry term(s) Linum usitatissimums
usitatissimums, Linum



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